Opportunity Hoarding and Elite Reproduction: School Segregation in Post-Apartheid South Africa.
School integration is an important indicator of equality of opportunity and racial reconciliation in contemporary South Africa. Despite its prominence in public and political discourse, however, there is no systemic evidence on the levels and patterns of school segregation. Drawing on the literature...
| Publicado en: | Social Forces Vol. 103; no. 1; pp. 173 - 202 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Sep2024
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